The Sun. — London, England, 1838-12-26 00:00:00

BRIGHTON TUESDAY.—This being Christmas-day, divine service Was performed in the Palace Chapel. Prayers were read by the Reverend J. S. M. Anderson, and the sermon was Preached by the Lord Bishop of Chichester, who took for his text, 1 Tim. 1, xv. In the Royal Pew with the Queen were the Duchess of Rent and the Princess Augusta. The Marchioness of Tavistock was the Lady in Waiting. Baroness LAzen, the Honourable Misses Pitt and Murray, Mrs. Brand, Viscount Torrington, Colonel Buckley, Honourable Ma jor Keppel, and the Honourable Mr. Murray, were also in attendance on her Majesty, and Miss Wynyard attended the Princess. The sacrament was administered to her Majesty, the Duchess of Kent, and the household, by the Bishop of Chichester, assisted by the Rev. James Anderson. Mr. Gutteridge presided at the organ. The recitative taken from St. Luke, ii., 8, " And there were shepherds abiding in the field," was sung by Master Gutteridge, fol lowed by the chorus, " Glory to God." Lady Mary Stopford did not attend on the Duchess of Rent at chapel, in consequence of being unwell. The Bishop of Chichester and Mrs. Otter arrived here Yesterday evening- at 27, Regency-square. The Queen did not drive out this afternoon, although the weather was exceedingly fine. The dinner party at the Palace this evening will include the Princess Augusta, the Earl and Countess of Munster, the Bishop of Chichester, Captain Stephens, the Dowager Countess of Rivers, General Trevor, Miss Wynwatd, and Mr. Brand. Dr. Sir James Clark left this morning for town. FASHIONABLEINTELLIGE NCE. ARRIVALS. T. Sitwell, Esq., and Mrs. Sitwell, at the Berners Hotel, Berners-street, from Sheen, Surrey ; Sir Francis Burdett, Bart., M.P., in St. Jarnes's.place, from Warwickshire ; Mr. Ralph and Lady Mary Abercrombie, at the Admiralty , on a visit to the Earl arid Countess of Minto, from Stubbing Court, the seat of the Right Hon. the Speaker and Mrs. Abercrombie ' • the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, at Chesterfield House , South Audley.street, from a tour of visits. DEPARTURES. Osgood Hanbury, Esq., from the Berners Hotel, Berners street, for his scat, Oldfield Grange, Essex ; Thomas Jesson, Esq., and family, from ditto, for their seat, Beach House, Herts ; the Rev. R. Hughes and Mrs. Hughes, f ro m ditto, for Ashford Lodge, Essex ; ' Mrs. York and family ditto, for ditto ; J. Nicoll, Esq., Mrs. Nicoll, and family, from ditto, for Bewdley ; Sir Philip Malpas de Grey Egerton, Bart., M. P., from Hertford-street, for his seat, Oulton Park, Tarporley ; Lord an d L a dy Teignmouth, from the Regent' s Park, for 13 righton ; Mr. Spencer d'Horsey, M. P., and Lady Harriet d'Horsey, from Upper Grosvenor street, for Sudborne Hall, Suffolk ; Sir Robert Sheffield, Bart., in Portland-place re , from his seat, Normanby Hall , near Brigg, Lincolnshi ; Lord Dunglass, for Brighton ; the Earl of Clare, from Bel. grave-square, for Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire. on a visit to the D u ke of Rutland ; the Earl and Countess p Cower, from Stanhope-street, for their seat, Pansanger, Herts ; the Hon. C• Compton Cavendish, M. P., and Lady Catherine Caven dish, from Burlington House, for their seat, Latimers, Bucks ; the Right Hon. Henry Corry, from Gr osvenor-s q uare, for Omagh, county Tyrone.; the Rev. Henry des Vceux, from the Groen Park Hotel, on a tour ; Viscount Duncannon and the Hon. Miss Ponsonby, from Cavendis h-s q uare, on a visit to Lord de Mauley, at Canford House , Dorsetshire ; Major Cage, Scots Fusilier Guar ds, for Brighton ; Lord and Lady Douglas, for ditto; Mr. and Lady Louisa Tennison, for Paris, en route for Nice ; Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Bradfor ll d, ar for id the R ev . Mr. Bradford, for Br i g hton ; Major Campbe, Paris ; the Hon. Thomas L iddell, for the Continent ; Lady Shaw Stewart, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Sorrer- Aet, at their Villa at Wimble don ; Mrs. and the mm isses Morier, for Brighton; Lord and L ad y Montagu, B. fH Lad amilton- Alice, for Ditton Park, H enle y -upon-Thames ; y Neale, for Dover. CHANGES. Sir Janns Graham, Bart., .M. P., and. Lady Graham, on a °lsit to th e Duke and Du chess of Montrose, at Buchanan Castle f rom their seat, Net herb y , near Carlisle ; Sir Charles Douglas, M. at Brighton, from Warwickshire ; tbe Mar rs of D oug las, M. P., at Hamilton Palace, Hamilton, N. 8., r um the family se ,it, Broderick Castle, Isle of Arran ; Sir T. D• Adam), Bart. N. P., and Lady Is le of at Holincote, j u r era their seat kilit:`rton Lodge ; his Excellency Edheim ey, accompanied by Dr..r3rowning, on a visit to Sir John Guest, M. P., and Lady Cio rlotte Guest, at Dowlais House, 'val es • the Countess of Airlie, at Airlie Castle, Forfar, from Leamington Spa ; Lady Dover, accompanied by Viscount Clifden and Lord Dover, on a visit to Viscount Morpeth, at th e i , Castle, Dubli n, from the family seat Gowran Castle, Kilkenny ; Viscount and Viscountess Acheson, at Gosford Castle, A rma gh, on a visit to the Earl of Gosford, from Dublin ; the Countess of Darnley, at Brighton, from the ',%y seat, Cobham Ball , Kent ; Sir Thomas Cotton and rnil 44ady Sheppard, at Leamiogton Sp a, from their seat, in Staf- L , rdshire ; the Bishop of Ripon and Mrs. Longley, at their r esidence, Bishopton-grove, near Ripon, from a visit to the Archbishop of York, at Bishopsthorpe, near York ; the Earl of Notbury, at his seat, Cabra House, county Dublin, from Darrow H ous e, their seat in King's Cou nt y; Lord Aberdour, it Dalmahoy Castle, near Edinburgh, from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Harewood , at Harewood House, Yorkshire ; '4°r(l Brooke, at Warwick Castle, to pass the Christmas with the Earl and Countess of Warwick, from Oxford. University. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond are entertaining select f a mily party at Goodwood. The Dowager-Duchess of Richmond arrived in the previous week, and several other members if the family were expected on Monday last. WOBURN ABBY Y.--A n umerous family circle has assem bled ; A this romantic , A bbe y , on visits to the Duke and "uchess of Bedford. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn were to arrive on Monday last from Bentley Pri ory , S tanmore . Lord arid Lady Charles Russell, Lord William Russell, &c., have arrived at the Abbey. It was not k nown whether Lord Joh n R r ussell would join the family circle or not. Th e D u k e an d Duchess of Beaufort's elegant seat, Bad °linton, in Gloucestershire, will be full of company during t he week. The Duke of Lucca, Earl and Countess of Wilton, Mr. C. W. Codrington, M.P., and Lady Geor liana Codrington, and Earl Bathurst, were to be of the Party. Th e D u k e o f Rutland' in to assemble s party was to beg ° , i ° Monday, but the grand ;lay at Belvoir Castle is on Fri may week, his Grace's birth-d,AY. Th e Marquis and Marchione.,s of Westminster are see ing company at Eaton Hall, their princely seat, in Cheshire. Th e Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire have a Party at Easthampstead Park, Berks, during the week. Th e Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter are dispensing *heir hospitality to a select pa rt y at Burghley House, near Stamford. Th e venerable Marquis of Camden is in the best of Ileafai, and entertaining the Earl and Countess of Breck 'lock and a party at the Wilderness, his seat in Kent. HaaEwoon House.—The Earl and Countess of Hare- Wood are receiving a large circle of their friends at this 'tat. The Hon. George and Lady Louisa Cavendish, Wm. and Lady Caroline Lascelles, Hon. Henry and Lady L o uisa Lascelles are of the party. Yesterday was the noble Ear's birth-day, when he completed his 71st year. Th e E a rl „and Countess of Verulam have a family party, consisting of ete Earl and Countess of Craven, Viscount Grimstou, Lady Catherine Barham, &c., at Gorhambury, Herts. The E a .rl and Countess of Winchilsea intended to have a select pariy at Hav,,:hohne Priory, Lincolnshire, during the Christmas week. The Earl arid Countess of Morley gave dinners at Sal tram, their seat in Devon, airing the week. Th e E ar l o f Yarborough ;_s surro unded by a party of lie . lative s a t Appuldercombe, Isle of Wight. L ord and ady Worsley are visiting their Noble parent. Th e E ar l of Gosford has a distinguished party o f Noble a t Gosford Castle, Armagh. Viscount and Vis- Countess Acheson left town on Tuesday last, for the Castle, Where they were expected on Saturday last. The Dowager-Counte ss of Pembroke is entertaining f the ° llo ;vin list of fashio n ables at Wilton House , near Sails b g :—The Count and Countess Woronzow , Earl a nd y '"unte ss of Dunmore, Earl a nd Countess of Clanwilliam, 'ount Simon Woronzow, Hon. Sydney Herbert, &c. Lord ;A nd Lady Willoughby D'Eresby have a distin guished c ircle at Grimsthorpe , t heir seat, near Bourne, Lincolnshire. Lo r a an d Lady Ravensworth are entertaining a succes -41°4 of visiteis at Ravensworth Castle, Northumberland. to Lord and Lady Francis Egerton have invited a nume bus but se l e ct party to pass the Ch ristmas at Worsley ` 441 1. Lancashire. Lord and Lady Barham have a family party at Exton p ark, near Stamford. Lord and Lady Maryborough have a numerous p art y a ssembled at Deal Castle, including the Earl and Co untess t of Clarendon. Sir Charles and Lady Begot, &c. There is v° be a grano °au at to-morrow evenina-, hostesshi the will be Present. The D u k e of CambrOge entertained a select party 0 Monday last at Cambridge House. I , l• The D u k e an d Ductless of Cambridge and the e • ncess A ugus t a o f Cambridge tended divine service Y sterday morning, in Grosvenor Chapt:i.. the Duke and The D uc h ess o f Gloucester visited D uches s of Cambridge on Monday, at Cami;;-idge House. 1-IANovER, DEC. 19.—The bulletin of ti:3! health of t s? Cr own P r i nce today is favourable. Lor :lcount Melbourne and a small party dined with Roll an d on Monday evening , at his residence in A lth-street afta _T, ll , late - Countess Dowager of Ross e, we under "Q left the sum of 6,0001. three per cents., the annual dividends to be applied towards erecting or repairing Epis copal chapels, and assisting in the education of young men for the Episcopal Church. In the application and distri bution of this fund, the trustees (who are three in number. one of them being the Rev. Mr. Fyvie, Inverness) are in structed, cceteris paribus, to prefer the Highlands and High landers, the islands of Orkney and Shetland being con cluded.—lnverness Courier. The Ladies Fitzpatrick had a select party yesterday at theii. Seat, Farman Woods, near Thrapston, in Northamp tonshire. Lady Mildmay entertained a family party yesterday at Dogrnersfield Park, Hartford Bridge. Lord Cantelupe had a severe fall whilst hunting with Lord Suffield's hounds last week, by which his collar bone was broken. Sir William Curtis, Bart., entertained a fashionable circle yesterday, in Portland-place. The remains of the late Duke de Choiseul have been deposited in the family vault on his estate of Houc court, Department of the Vosges. Sir Henry Pigot, Bart., entertained a party at din ner yesterday at his house, in Wilton-crescent. Mr. Standish entertained a party yesterday at Prior Park. Mr. St. Quintin had a dinner party yesterday, in Bruton-street. Mr. Van Amburgh has been re-engaged at Drury-lane Theatre, and will exhibit his astonishing per formaace with his lions mad tigers, in the pantomime, this evening. ACADEMY OF Music.--The Board of Professors appointed to decide on the merits of the Candidates for the King's Scholarship, recommended Miss E. Jonas, a highly talented pianoforte player, to be re-elected, and that Mas ter C. Bachelor, of Southwell, Nottinghamshire, should be nominated to fill up the other vacancy. There were four other Candidates, who displayed great talent in their exami nation; and the report sent to Lord Burghersh, Chairman of the Committee of Directors, by the Board of Professors, was highly satisfactory in every respect. Meyerbeer's opera, The Huguenots, was performed a few days ago, for the first time, at the Court Theatre of Hanover. Its success was complete, the orchestra even joining in the enthusiastic applause of the audience. In the first days of next month the same theatre is to be favoured with the debut of a young lawyer, M. Boyersheim, the son of one of the richest merchants of Hamburgh. His voice is said to be a very fine and extensive tenor, and he is represented to have been determined by his sole love of music to abandon a profession in which he was rapidly Yesterday, according to the annual custom of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, the Rector of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields (the Rev. Sir Henry Dukenfield), distributed at nine o'clock in the morning at the rectory-house, his Grace's annual donation, to 800 poor men and women, residents in the parish, and who could produce testimonials of being of sober and religious habits. To each man and woman the sum of two shillings and six pence was given. The applicants, though very poor, had a cleanly and neat appearance. On Friday Dr. Pouqueville died at Paris at the age of 68. He was a Member of the French Institute, and formerly Consul-General at Janina, the capital of the cele brated Ali Pasha. Among his works are a " History of the Regeneration of Greece," and " A Visit. to the Morea, Constantinople and Albania," in 1798,1799, 1800, and 1801. ANTI-CORN-LAW SOCIETY.— WC have great pleasure in directing the attention of our readers to the formation of an Anti-Corn-law Society in this town. We trust that all classes of Reformers will vigorously support this Association, which is intended to co-operate with simi lar bodies in all parts of the kingdom. A concentration of effort upon one measure will be highly favourable to its success.—Leicestershire Mercury. INTREPID CONDUCT.—An occurrence took place yesterday afternoon in Blackett-street, which, but for the praiseworthy conduct of a lady, might have proved fatal. A servant girl, while engaged making up the fire, having gone too near, her dress got completely ignited—she rushed to the street door, enveloped in flames, alarming the whole street with her screams, when, providentially, the lady of Captain Bathines passing at the time, with the greatest degree of self-possession ran to her rescue, and wrapping the girl in a valuable cloak, which she had on at the time, regardless of danger, her own dress becoming ignited, she succeeded in overcoming the flames, and thereby, perhaps, saved the girl's life.—Newcastle Paper. _ _ A WARNING.—We have been hitherto told that the object of the Convention in London, to which dele gates are now electing by the Chartists, is to watch over and enforce the views of the national petition. The speech of Mr. Abram Duncan, however, on his recent election at Dumfries, indicates more extensive objects. lie said ,—" They will ascertain the various divisions of the British army, and where stationed—how they ate likely to be occupied—the dispositions and feelings of those who are remaining at home with regard to the present movement — the amount of bullion in the banks—the probable amount of paper in the hands of the working population of the British empire—the arrangement of a certain day when all will be demanded in gold—the practicability of arranging for a month of holidays, that the people may arrange what ought to be done." We call upon the multitude who have hitherto been blindly following the Chartist leaders to pause and reflect upon this proposal to tamper with the army. It is is hat no government can permit to be done : it brings the government and the party attempting it at once into hostile collision. One overt act of this kind will be the signal for indictments for treasonable practices —it may be for a suspension of the Habeas Corpus.— Glasgow Argus. Last week T. Chamberlain, of Cranbury House, near Southampton, and P. Holland, of Dumbleton, near Evesham, late M.P. for Worcestershire, suffered severe falls while taking dangerous leaps, by which the former broke his collar-hone and discolated his shoulder, and the latter experienced a fracture of the jaw -bone, accompanied by severe bruises. Both gentlemen are, however, in a fair way of recovery. At the sitting of Magistrates on the 15th instant, Mr. Baker, who is employed in surveying the parish of Lower Beeding, appeared to answer an information, charging him with having cut down certain trees and fellows, the property of R. Aldridge, Esq. The defendant admitted that he had cut down the trees, but pleaded that it was necessary to do so, in order to make a correct survey. Af ter hearing evidence, the Magistrate decided against the defendant, and fined him 55., costs 40s. Mr. Baker in tends to appeal to the Quarter Sessions. On Wednesday last the children of a labouring man, named Dale, having been left in the care of a neighbour, while the parents were at work, one of them, a girl, aged three years, by some means set fire to her clothes, and was so dreadfully burnt, that but slight hopes arc entertained of her recovery.—Sussex Advertiser. RAILWAYS v. COMMON ROADs.—During the past week upwards of twenty travelling carriages of the Nobility and Gentry have passed through Towcester along the old Holyhead road, so that it appears there are still many who prefer the old mode of travelling, and the comfort to be found at the numerous first-rate inns on the line.—Northampion Herald. On Monday night an inquest was held in St. Thomas's Hospital on the body of a child named Reeves, who, during the absence of her mother, bad drunk some boiling water from a tea-kettle just taken from the fire, and died in that institution a short time afterwards in dread ful agony, from internal scalding. Verdict—" Accidental death." On Monday last an inquest was held at Shire-green, near Ecclesfield, on view of the body of George Tingle, the son of the landlori, a fine boy, near four years old, who came to his death under the following pa nful circum stances :—The little boy was in the brew-house with his father, who left it for a moment to go up into the malt chamber, and during his momentary absence he fell into the boiling liquor. His sister, who - was in the house ,tearing his screams, immediately ran to his assistance, and with the father and mother's help he was extricated, but he was so dreadfulii scalded that he died soon after.. The jury was satisfied that it was purely an accident, and returned a ver dict accordingly.—Doncaster Gazette. Great excitement prevailed in Beverley on Monday, by a report which had general circulation, that a man had been stabbed by his wife at the Beckside, and that he was not expected to survive. It appears that John Dyson Whitaker, who lives in an alley nearly opposite the Ship Inn, at the Beckside, had been quarrelling with his wife, Henrietta Whitaker, and about four o'clock she took up her husband's pocket-knife and struck him ,most violently with it in the right side. He suffered great pain and lost much blood ; and Mr, Doulton, the surgeon, quickly at tended, and pronounced the Than to be in imminent danger, as he thought the blade of tl-sekn\i:•Te. tha.dGipibeynehtraadtedeatrhye liver, The Mayor an . d the . intimation of the l business,depositio deposition ‘, w a i t ls or t e ho t y o the house to take the in the presence of his wife. He stated that they ha beep quarrelling most o f the day, but be never struck h is wilt; or threaten 34 to s trike her, and that without provocation o ut ha to d t t o e w n h h enit ife ilt a o n t d he st v a a b r b d ed an b d ittt was throwing s ome w she took up the some into th e fire, when he said she should not do it. Ohe said she would, and he said she sliould not, and she at once the East-Ridi n g gou§c o o ' L f 7 :l ; ‘e . struck hi m -- . 01 the kr;ife• The wife was 047[1)441 to section. A pcy, year the opera at io t the beginnina Hanos.ey will receive an addition in t h e parson of a yourg debutant, M. Boversheim, the son of 8 rich rfteroW.ot of Hamburg, who is ; ,,,, L 0 t o possess an extraordinarily hap tepor,And who, from a mere love of the art, has quitted a lue,ratiive Fofessiou to cou nnenze xllae pleatrical career, THE SAILORS' HOME. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Merchistoun Hail, horn Dean Dec. 21, 1838. Mr. Editor—Have you ever seen the Seaman's Home ? If you have cot I recommend you to put yourself in a cab and drive to Wellclose-square ; you will there see the most useful and most national establishment in Great Britain, not supported, as it ought to be, by the Go vernment, but got up by a private individual, and sup ported by subscription. The object of this Institution, Mr. Editor, is to rescue the poor sailor from the fangs of the "crimps" and vagabonds of every description, who lay hold of him the moment the ship's anchor is dropped in the river, and never let him out of their hands till his money is spent, his clothes sold, and until he is in debt nearly to the extent of the two months' advance the shipowner generally gives him on shipping ; he is then sent on a voyage, and on his return goes through the same routine. My object, Mr. Editor, in writing to you, is to beg you to call the attention of the public, and of Parliament, to this Institution ; and if a small grant could be obtained to enable the Manager to lower the price of board and lodging, the " crimps" would would be at once destroyed, and the sailor rescued from the subjection he is kept in ; this, once done, Seamen's Homes would spring up in every part of the United Kingdom. Laws, Mr. Editor, have been made, at different times, to protect the slave—to secure children from being over worked in factories, and to starve the poor for the advan tage of the landowner. But I know of no laws for the poor ignorant sailor, except those to press him when wanted, and send him to the four quarters of the globe, to be shot at for a shilling a day, when he could get three times that sum if allowed to follow a peaceful occupation. I have the honour to be, Mr. Editor, Your obedient servant. CHARLES NAPIER. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1838. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES,&c. &c. &c. LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 24. Number Dividend Prlc , of per CANALS. per Nitres. Annum. Paid. Share 1,766 7 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham...Average 97/.lBs. sh. 135 ..082 4/. Ashby.de-le-Zouch Average lira.sh. 73 1,200 ... . .... Basingstoke lool.sh. . 1 , 005 5 . /, Brecknock and Abergavenny 1501. sh. 90 8,0001-16 sh. 91 6s. Birmingham, 1-16th share Bjl. & 711. 218 • a 000 .... ... Ditto and Liverpool Junct...lJl s. 100 pd !,:6 600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton ....100/ sh. all pd 64 400 41. Chelmer and 131ackwater 100/. sh. 101 500 48/. C Dventry 100/. sh. 735 4,545 ... ... Croydon 2,060 f 41. (B. Dudley ,..,. 100/.Bh. 0.. 600 141. Derby 100/. sh . 135 1 , ).000 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 4ll. 13s. 4d .pd 30 3 ,5 75 f 3/. Ellesmere and Chester Average 133/. sh. 801 231 62/. Erewash 100/.Bn. 775 1,297 '2Bl. Forth and Clyde Average 4001.168. 1,000 12/. Grand Junctior 1001. sh. 201 2 1 491 , 1/. Grand Union 1001. sh 74 11,500 Grand Surrey 0,000/. 41. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan" 100/. 1 , 3 3 .06 , ... , ... Grand Western lOOl. A. allpd 12 600 131.125. Bd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 1721. 13s. 4d. 23E 749 10a. Grantham 150/. sh. 203 9,238 21. Os, Huddersfield .... ...... Average 571. 6s. 6d. sh. 37 100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 10 5.0 0 8 11. ss. Kennet and Avon, Average 391.185.10 d. sh. 27 2,897.1 241. Leed s and Liverpool 1001. sh. 740 5451 131. Leicester l4 O/. sh. 222 4 1,897 61. Os. Leicester and Nortisampton...Aver 83/.los. 90 2.400 10/. Monmouthshire 1001. sh. 201 150 101. Melton Mowbray 100/. eh. 200 500 25/. Mersey and Irwell I 00/. sh . 560 3.001) 1/. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 52 247 171. Neath 100/.sh. 325 2,400 51. Peak Forest Avet..ge about 781. sh. 102 1,418 lie. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. 16s. Bd. sh. 16 5,609 6/. per cent. Rochdale Average 85/. sh. 109 500 8/. Shropshire 1251. sh. 140 800 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 15 01. sh. 151' Mon/. 44 percent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12/. 10s. sh. 11 700 40/. Stafford and Worcester 140/. sh. 710 500 9/, Shrewsbury 125/. B h. 280 300 9/. Stourbridge 3,647 2/. Os. Stratford-on-Avon ...Average 791.95. (Id. sh. •40 533 15/. Swansea 100/. sh. 250 3,762 1/. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway...Av 35/. A. 39 2,601 W. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, i share 100/. sh. 600 8.149 ...... ... Thames and Medway... Aver. 19/.55. Sd. sh. 2 1 ,000 1,000 .11 5h 3 .7 16/. W arw i c k ad d Bi rm i ng h am 1 00/ .sh• 281 1 940 151. Warwick and Napton lOOl. sh. 20 0 ^,,000 41. Os. W o rcester and Birmingham...A v. 78/.Bs. sh. 71 5,000 255. Wilts ar.d Berks .. Average 67/. 10s. Bd. sh. 23 800 3/, W yrley and Essington 1251. sh 75 126 Wisbeach lO5/. sh. 4a 905 Is • Wcy and Arun 1104 eh. 22, DOCKS. 2,6005 r 1 3 p, c Commercial ~ 0 0/.sh. 1,06515 h East and West India Stock 3,238,310.11. 555. p.ct. London Stock Ditto Bonds 2,209 2/. 19s. Bristol 68,324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts 1,352,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds , 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years 2.500 ..... Deptford Pier 201. sh. 20/. pd BRIDGES. 1,600 10s. Hammersmitl . 5O/. sh., 7,31 Southwark, Old 1,700 1/. 15s. Ditto, New, of 74 ro cent. 5O/. sh. 5,000 5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. (30!. pd 5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 60,000/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,848 17s Vauxhall Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh ASSURANCE COSIPAN:ES. 2,000 3/ lOs Albion 5001. sh. 50/. pd 74 50,000 [ s fn e A . c i e 4 t l Alliance,British& Foreign 100!. sh. 101/. pd 144 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 100/. sh. 51. pd 64 24,000 $l. per sh. Atlas 5O/. sh. M. pd 144 1,20046 h. 5/. Birmingham k ire 20,000 41 percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 40 12,000 61. percent. British Commercial 501, sh. 5/. pd 6 5,00 e 5/. percent. Clerical, Medis:al,&c. Life, ICol.sh. 2110 s pd 4 0 4 , ,! [.5npde 2 r305 / s lc bnst.} C E Lu l n e ty 1001. sh. 10/. pd 42 501. sh. 5/. pd 54 10004 sh. 250/. pd 375 Economic Lite 2,271 225. percent. European Lt.,: 0 01. sh. all pi 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 21. pd 14 1,000,0001. 71. per ct Globe Stock 1461 20,000 51' Guardian lOO/. sh. 2741 pd 354 40,000 Os. 6d. Hope 2,400 5/. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 50/. pd 130 7,500 9s. Imperial Lite 100/. sh. 10!. pd 104 13,458 4/. per cent. Indemnity Marine 100/. sh. 81. pd 23 2,020 31 10s Kent Fire 50/. sh. all pd 82 3/. Ditto Life 79 10,000 16s. Law Life 1001. sh. 10/. pd 33 5.000 lOs. London, Fire 25/ sh. 121. lOs. pd 14. 3,900 10s. London, Ship .5i sh. 121. 10s. pd lf i 1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh. 30,000 51. per cent. Palladium Lilo 50/. sh. 21. pd 21 9 s Od 50,000 4!. per cent. Protector Fire 2Ol. sh. 2/. pd 16, Od 8 ,500 1/. Provident Lire 100!. sh. 10/. pd 20 100,000 55. Rock Life 0 04 sh. I/. pd 9 699,2201 5/. percent. Royal Exchange Stock.. 224 6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOO/. sh. 5/. id 51 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. sh. 51. pd 74 JOINT STOCK BANKS 25,000 8 per cent. Agric. and Comm. of Ireland 251. sh. 101. pd 5,000 Australasia 4Ol. sh. 401. pd 10,J00 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 5Ol. sh. 10/. pd 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. 5/. pd 31,000 5 per cent. London and Westminster...lool sh. 201. pd 60,000 5/. London Joint Stock 501. sh. 101. pd .s,OOO 4 per cent. Lancaster 1001. sh. 201. pd 25,000 Liverpool 100! sh. 101. pd 100,000 74 per sent Manchester and Liverpool] 01 sh h . . 2 151 1 District 55 5 rd 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester 1001. 20,000 Provincial Bank of lreland 1001. sh. 25/. pet TO,. 00 National Bank of Ireland 5 Ol. sh. 174/. pd 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. „JOU sh. 351. pd 10,000 Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. 51. pd GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 110 s Od Bath 2Ol. sh. WI. pd 5,000 British 4O/. eh. 161. pd s '"' I. s a l l . l P d e ß rc s e . n fi t. s. D i tto Provincial 201. sh. 19 pd 929 5/ lOs Birmingham 5O!. sh. 1,250 21 0 s Bristol 2O/. sh. 1,500 31 lOs Brighton 2O/. sh. 750 31 lOs Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. IS/. pd 2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 201. sh. all pd Imo 5/. Continental Consolidated 1,000 10/. City of London .................1001. sh. all pd 1,000 6 1 . Ditto, New lOO/, sh. 601. pd 4,000 4/.106. Equitable 5O/. pd 10,4)00 24 per cent. Imperial . 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet .25!. sh. 201. pd 2,350 61. per cent. Independent 3Ol. sh. all pd 9,000 Si. per cent. Phoenix 50 /. sh. 3 91 . pd 1001. sh. 80/. pd 41:(,000 4/. per cent. S tan 5O/. sh. 101. pd 8,900 51. per cent. United General 1 50/. sh. 46/. pd 240 fit, cent. per Warwick 501. sh. 400 51. per cent W akefield 4,0110 South i tutropoii 25/. sh. 2 000 3/ . Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New BGO Yarmouth WATER WORKS. 20/. sh. 181. pd 671 13 Ifif 231 13; 7* 196 114 noi 49 50 2'2i 52i 5i Birmingham 25/. sh. 25/. pd 1,8 00 Os ' 4 , 434 61. East London lOOl. sh. Kent 100 /.s . 2 , 0 ,9,p, ; 21. Liverpool Bootle 220/. sh. 5,500 2110 s Grand Junction ....Average 411 13s. 4d. sh, , "„,''', Qi ° l l ii Now River London Bridge Water Annuities 100/. sh. nt Sauth Middlesex 100/. sh. 1 000 4 per ea . Mcnchester and Salford 8,204 sills York Building Co. Lessee Prop 1004 sh. West ....Average 631. 12s. 9d. sh. .. Birmingham and Derby :311:6 -1-1-4-1-16:: IRON RAILWAYS. 50/. pd a 6,013° ,, m -, ********* Birmingham and Gloucester "'"'" ******* Bristol and Exeter 100/. sh. 'fl pd 1 50 ) 2 • ******** Calcutta and Saugur 5Ol. sh. 21. pd " ********** C- heltenham and G. Western 100/. oh. 20/. 7,500 ******** Clarence lO O/.. oh. 100/ pd 3,000 5 0 1. sh. 21. pd Commercial Blackwell Dublin and Kilkenny 1001. sh. 5/. pd Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 10! pd 1001. sh. 95/. pd ********* Great North of England 30/. pd ********* Great Western lOO/. sh. 651. pd 16°82 " :011()(0)°00 ************************************ G- rand Junction s , o an ********* Hartlepool 100/. sh. 1001 . pet 2,000 ''''''''' Hull and Selby 501. sh. 204 pd B,°°o L- eeds and Manchester 1001. sh. Si. pd 10,008 ''''''''' 100 sh. Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh. all p 4 1,500 percent.lLis Liverpool and Manchester...lo( /.sh. 100/. psi 5,100 10 nt. Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pd 10 per coat. London and Brighten 5Ol. sh. 14/ pd 36,1)00 ••-•*".. London and Blackwall 50/. sh. 31. pd 12,000 London and Birmingham -lOW. sh. 90/. pd 2,1110 31. per cent. Leeds and Selby 5/. p 4 9 2 0 5;000 000 3 per cent. London Ditto a g n u d ar G te re r e s n h w a i r c es h 2Ol. sic 201. pd 20,000 ..»•••••London and Southampton 501. sh. 501. pd Ditto ditto New ... . . .. '' . '' .' . ' . ...201.11pd ' London and Croydon Trunk 20/. sh. 201. pd 1 1 ,000 *• ******* Ditto New Scrip 1241. p4l 6,000 ********* London Grand Junction... ***** 50/. sh. 5/. pd 12,000 ••• ****** Manchester and Leeds ****** sh. 501, pd 13 , 000 ********* Manchester and Birmingham 70/.0. 101. pd 10,000 ********* N- orth Midland 1001. sh. 551. pd Northern and Eastern 1001. sh. 151. pd ********* * Preston and Wyre and Greenwich 501. 501. sh. 30/. pd ~2 ,60n 0 i , ' ******** South Eastern and Dover 4 ' 14- ********* nt. Stockton and Darlington lOO/.sh, 1,000 16/.Per e Thames Haven Westminster York and North Midland ...50 . sh. 121. pd 5 0h 01. 2 4 ' . 1.: 21 1. .. i p r ; l l MINES. 6 1 1 1 :00 04 0 0 *** ******************* ** , *** Albion Copper 5/. sh. 34/ . p 4 4,000 • ri, 59. Alten 151. sh. 121. lOs pd 111,000 •.. Anglo Mexican, iss. 51. pm.... 100/. s h . a ll pd ***** Ditto Subscription ~, ~.P.61. pa 9,npo PL Bolanos • lO,OOO ii • lOs Brazilian Imp. its. 5/. pm 351. s h . 2 0/. pd 6,01 1 0 Macairbas & Cacaos United 251. sh. 25/. pd 11,000 ... ...... Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. s h. 14/ .:pd 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 20/. sh . 2 0!. pd 10,000 ...-.... Ditto Scrip 101. sh. IN, nil 20000 British Iron 0,000 British Copper Si. sh. 441. pd Cate Branca,... 611. ud Candonga 7ll. pd 10,000 11 Coplapo 201. oh. 13/. pd • 8,500 ... Colombian, iss. 5/. pm. 2,850 3!. English ino/1 ni. d 20,000 6,155 Mexican Company„, • TOO/. sh. 5514 pd 3,000 Polberon Consols.. lO/. sh. 8/. pd 11,500 Real del Monte, U nreg i s t ere d Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd 30.000 ... ...... United Mexican, iss. 2 pm..... 401. sh, 1111 Pl ,l DAR, Scrip i Ditto New Scrip ,,,. . ..., 51 pd West Cork , .. .504 'di, 50/. pd LITERARY 1 Niari (MONS. 1,000 Lon4nn, with Broinze Ticket 7,50, sh. 1,500 ......... Lond , ai'University 1004 oh, all pd , . 700 ......... Russell 2Bgs. $h King' College .. ~... mu pa 10,000 UtscLq i ,Mak Iss. Australian Agricultural...JOU sh 264!. pd 6,000 41. per cent. British American Land Company 23/. pd 10 ,000 61 Per went. Canada Company 1001. sh. 301, pd 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Cana la Loan itst..., ..... City Bonds, 4 per cent ,•,•, ,,w. 20,000 1/ 6s. General Stearn - Navigattn „,It. sh. 14/. pet , 101. per cent. H udson's Bay Stork 2,000 11. 2,633 5/. per cent. 8,000 London cw il , E„,,ie Rooms Av. 751. sh. 19 2 X-4 5L per cent. 121,./. pd ll 500,0 W ~,,,,,,, - ' d 2/. 58.:pd *-4 adonal Loan Fun pitichouc Company; 160 • sh 73/. pd 96 Ditto New . ..nivti , ‘. • N ite c v w er ß si r o u n n: r w y ic i k nt La ere n s d ts c o o c. m .‘ p in smy sh‘ ; 004 01.14 ,d 134 4 . 000 ....... Thames 50/. sh. all pd si 10,000 .6 .. ... ames Tuprttd,, 1001. sh. 171. pd 12 v4 n BT-41P.%; na 18 10e 41 41,5 T OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRIC,ES. pd 193!. . .. _ NOV. 1, 1838. /,500,0004 6/. 2,000,00(1. 5i p . et. Re ydi of $4 ,,,,,,k, w ,,i 1001. sh. all pd IC2/. P. ct. Bank of Sc ß o A tl,l l4 ll K C S t,its B ,l 4 tia. Bd. sh. all 500,000/. B P. et. firif • 4h Li ner ,, , eeripany 1001. sh. :ill pd 2404 3 , 000 , 0 004 6/, P. ct. Cogn rCial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 1761. 4.dikl t ' t. 5 ~. _.,_,.. Nationalc 1004 sh. 101. pd 1644 ft , c. , 2 evon °l?" '-i / 7 ',,`• P. et. Glasgow Uni0n~.,,,._ 11 - -, :"` " 1 • P. ct. Western ol Sot...o,and vol. sh d O /. Pd 514 11%;;4iiANVE COMPANIES. 250.0 . 005 h r , -,.. . N cook i i , u,ox, .•••. ,. . tell sh. V. pd 30s , on 7 sy, (1 ; et. ilgrcolcs t lOO/. sh. 104 pd 14/. Os 'r, f ," r l e n g '.. Ct. Ihstuance CO. of Scotland ....10/. sh. all pd 9!. 108. - `0,,,, , 1 0, p, et, North British 2001. sh. 10/. Pd 19 . '"-.`"' sp. et. Caledonian Fire 1004 sh. 101. pd 204 o , 5 , 0 00 (p. ct. Edinburgh Life 100/. sh. 101. pd 14/.los '°°,°°° 4p. ct. West of Scotland „.‘„,,,,,.. 104 pd 71 Qs MISCELLANEOUS 4,810 ... ..... Eion. and Pas ; u. Vu.'Canal...so/. sh. all pd 10/. . rtitLo 4ilocateci .90/. sh. all pd A. 5,40 5 per cent. Edihb. Jdint Stock Water.... 251. sh. apo 391 ' " Carron lion Company ,250,4 OA. WA Pd 44/. ?,0005h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery.”, t ,...44 sh 4kl/. pd 52/, 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith G1:05....204 sh. 161. pd 9/ 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 4,150 10 pe7 - cent. Glasgow Gas .51. sh. all pd 56!. 750 71 per cent. Leith Coal Gas 20/. sh. all pd 50/. 1,200 ....... Edinburgh ondllalkeith Rar.way...sksh. 361,, 3,001 5 pct. cant. &I'll table Loan Cornrit,o4 sk. txo4- 4 3/414 POST-OFFICE REDUCTIONS. Amongst other arrangements for affording increased fa ciltiies to commerce through the means of the Post-office, some reductions in the rates of postage, according to a cer tain scale, have been conceded upon letters and packets, containing patterns or samples of goods ; on British plan tation accounts, and on deeds from the colonies and foreign parts ; and on books, pamphlets, other printed papers, &c., arriving from the'colonies or foreign countries, subject to regulations for preventing the clandestine despatch of letters in such packets, which are to be opened at the Post office if in town, or if in the country in the presence of the postmaster or one of his clerks, in default of which no relief from the former rates of postage is to be allowed, and letters found so inclosed will be subject to the charge of full postage. So far as they go these regulations must be regarded as substantial improvements, and an acceptable release to all interested from burdensome charges and other inconveniences of the old system ; it is therefore the more to be regretted that such improvements should only be carried into effect by halves when once resolved upon and the principle or expediency admitted ; for it will be ob served that the relief is limited to letters, packets, and parcels arriving from other parts only, to the apparent al though not formally expressed exclusion of similar articles despatched from hence to the same countries, so far as the Post-office here is concerned, for in the case stated it can not and does not pretend to interfere further than as re lates to British postage. It is sufficiently obvious that, to select the one example only, the option of despatch ing patterns or samples of goods to the colonies or foreign countries at an easier rate of postage must be quite as advantageous to the merchant or manufacturer as that of receiving them now conceded, and the wonder is that so simple a fact should not have been apparent to the Post office authorities in the first instance. It is a matter of not unfrequent occurrence that by the previous despatch of patterns and samples, and their inspection in the foreign market on receipt, goods and commodities forwarded in bulk on venture, are disposed of long previous to arrival out, which but for the prior exhibition of the samples so sent, might have lost the market when a demand existed at the precise moment, and which, through the delay of wait ing for the goods in bulk by a slow sea voyage, might be otherwise supplied and a glut created by other arrivals of the like commodities in the meantime ; so also orders are frequently obtained by patterns despatched abroad and there approved, in much the same way as practised among wholesale drapers, by post and through travellers with their books of patterns among country shopkeepers. As it was not unreasonable to suppose that the distinc tion seemingly drawn could not seriously be contemplated, but might be referable to some oversight or obscurity in the wording of the regulations themselves, applications have been made to the Post-office by parties in the city to ascertain whether they did not refer to the transmission " outward" of packets and letters made up as required,as well as to those " homeward," and the reply was, that they applied only to the latter. So the matter rests at present. DECAY OF THE STOCKING TRADE. (We copy this speech from the Manchester Times, which was merely mentioned in our Saturday's report.) Mr. W. R AWSON rose to correct an error into which Mr. Cobden had fallen, in stating the proportion of the cotton hosiery yarn spun by the people of Saxony. Hi s statement might indeed be correct as to the period, which was but recent, when he was in the country. But he could not tell what a day would bring forth, for a Saxon gentle man had told him a few days ago, that they were now spinning nearly all their hosiery yarn. He was himself a sufferer from this turn of affairs, and a gentleman had told him at the conclusion of the last week's meeting, that a sufferer was not a guod judge in his own case. Now he thought that the bare fact that suffering existed was a sure proof of the reality of the evils of which they complained. From 1815 till 1820 he had been engaged in furnishing the Saxon market with cotton hosiery when they were obliged to yield in the battle of competition. From 1820 to 1833 they had struggled on, but at the latter period they had lost all the South American conti nent in every article of cotton hosiery made by the Saxons. In fact they could not stand before Saxony a single mo ment after she had entered the field of competition. In consequence of our long wools they had not much inter fered with the Leicester manufacture, which consisted of worsted and woollen hosiery. But Mr. Smith, in his late visit to Leicester, was informed that woollen and worsted yarns had been purchased there, by the Saxons, suffi to employ 10,000 stocking -makers for a year. H e believed he could not be contradicted when he asserted, in reference to our cotton hosiery, that not an article in that line had been sold, during the last three years, from one extremity of South America to the other, at a loss of less than 30 per cent. From 1834 Saxony had, in this depart ment, commanded every market in the world. It; as we had seen, they could beat us in our own market, after paying the importation duty of 25 per cent., it was evi dent we eould not have the slightest chance when we met then on common ground. After what he had seen last week of Saxon manufactures, and comparing them with what they were in 1814, he felt like a person awakening from a feverish dream. They could sell us goods of equal quality to ours at little more than half our price. He had given orders for a lot of goods from their market, which he would have at the proportion of 35.3 d. to ss. duty paid. They were a kind of goods on which about 80 per cent. of the Whole value was expended in labour ; and it was cheap labour arising from the cheapness of food, that caused thie, to us, alarming difference in price. In the hosiery trade, with which he was connected, this element ope ratel to a greater extent than in many others, but he and others in that trade, were only a little in advance of the rest in the road to ruin. They might be com pared to persons living in a valley, in which an alarm ing flood was rising. The inhabitants of the table lands around were sceptical as to the progress of the flood, so long as it did not threaten immediately to invade their own dwellings. Unfortunately for them, they lived far in the valley, but he would tell those who might think themselves secure, that the rising tide would soon reach them also. This overwhelming tide of foreign competi tion would continue to advance so long as the cheap food of l f a o h re o i o g r n . ers l e t a w ab o l u e l d d t a h e e t m un t il o y l h vo e rk he a t t te h r alf fn t r h e th money n price of turers of Nottingham, engaged in foreign trade, to throw their machinery into the Trent than to employ it while they laboured under their present disadvantages. But it required a great deal of moral cou r age only the to advance take such guard, a stepo:d theas that. They were, h o wever, evil, if not determinedly met, would speedily overwhelm them all. With all due deference to the merchants of Man , chester, he thought the thundering of their labouring wains, incessantly pushing through their streets to convey the pro duce of their spindles to the looms and workshops of the foreign manufacturer, seemed as if destined to apt 44 a understood, After tho o c 3 o t n o t n in n u d a in l g n f io a n et it s o w r, hi n e o h t h t n o d be understood, brought before them, to talk of any thing less than coMplete abolition would be a mockery to the branch of manufacture in which he was engaged, and a false beacon of delusion to those in other I d- p eo lo 4 inghns who 01 indulge in 1415 e conf ---tertatned 4 party yes, George Wombwell tordl‘ajyr: We are happy in being enabled to state, that the turnout of the bricklayers in this town is now at an end. After a five or a six weeks' strug g l e, the workmen have wisely abandoned their claims, a n d h ave gone to wor k at their original wages. It will be we ll for them if , In many instances, their places are not already filled with new hands ; or by strangers, who have been induced to come here in consequence of the local differenc es , Thi s ever h as b een and over will be, the result of a struggle such as has cha raoteriled the tnrn-ont,—Liverpool Standard, CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM MONTREAL. We learn, through a private channel, from Montreal, that the Russian Consul, of Boston, on a visit to the former city, has been arrested by the public authorities of Lower Canada, on a charge of instigating the late re bellion in that province, and of aiding and abetting the insurrectionists in their movements. The Consul, it seems, has several children attending a convent or seminary there, for their education. On a visit to see them, the ar rest in question was made. The evidence on which this proceeding was based was, information communicated to the Canadian authorities by a certain Baron Frattelin, who 'was announced the other day as having arrived there in the same boat with the com mon hangman . It is p oss ibl e thi s event h as some connec tion with the recent adjournment of the Court-martial. (From the Montreal Transcript of Dec. I.) Yesterday three pieces of wooden cannon and 64 pri soners, taken in the neighbourhood of Beauharnois, were brought to town. We are sorry to add that the reports of yesterday go to state that already, in the district so lately visited by her Majesty's troops, the rebellious disposition is again visible. THE COURT-MARTIAL.—The public impatience for the first act that shall e st a bli s h a "determination to punish treason can be readily understood 'and forgiven, but all the public requires for its tranquillising is the assurance that justice will be measured out to the guilty. That assurance we can venture to give them ; but we entreat them to re collect the unavoidable delay where all testimony has to be written down literally, and again translated into another tongue, and again submitted for the consent and confirma tion of the witness. The Court will resume its proceed ings to-day. The 65th Regiment arrived from Quebec yesterday— they reached the south bank of the St. Lawrence, opposite the city of Montreal, about two o'clock, bat it was late be fore bateaux could be sent across to bring them over. We are indebted to the liberality of the Montreal Ga zette for being able to appear with our usual punctuality, at a time when military duty necessarily takes precedence of private interest. We despise the idea of being half a vo lunteer, and we are most grateful to our Cotemporary for the standing matter which fills our first page. The following militia officers are appointed by Sir George Arthur to form the Court-martial for trying the prisoners taken at Prescott ;—Licut.-Colonel the Hon. John Kirby, Ist Frontenac ; Lieut.-Colonel Francis Raynes, 2d Fron tenac ; Lieut.-Colonel John S. Cartwright, 2d Lenox ; Lieut.-Colonel John Turnbull, Ist Hastings ; Lieut.-Co lonel William Logie, 3d Frontenac ; Major Thomas Fitz patrick, Ist Lenox ; Major James Sampson, 3d Frontenac; Major David John Smith, Ist do. ; Captain Hugh M`Gre gor, 2d do. ; Captain Elijah Beach, 2d do. ; Capt. John Strange, Ist do. ; Capt. Jas. M`Farlane, Ist do. ;Capt. John Plant Bowers, 3d do.; Captain John R. Forsyth, Ist do. Colonel John B. Marks, of the 3d Regiment of Frontenac Militia, is appointed Presid en t , an d lonel the Hon. Wm Henry Draper, of the 2d North York Regiment, to be Judge Advocate. (From the Quebec Mercury of Nov. 29.) DESTRUCTIVE FIRE : 45 HOUSES BURNT.—We have to fulfil the unpleasant duty of recording another melan choly fire, which has occurred in Champlain-street, the scene of Cornier destructive conflagrations. In 1832, again i❑ 1836, and now in 1838. have a large number of houses been reduced to ashes, and a still larger number of indigent families left without a shelter in the opening winter by fire, in the vicinity of Diamond Harbour : 110 houses, we be lieve, have been destroyed on three occasions in six years within a space of about an eighth of a mile. Shortly after 10 o'clock last night a house occupied by one Shanahan, and several other tenants, on the north side of Champlain-street, near Diamond Harbour, was dis covered to be on fire. The result was as anticipated ; the fire extended right and left until it reached the large stone house occupied by Mr. Hummell, which was entirely de stroyed, having been ignited by the heat from the burning house opposite. UPPER CANADA. (From the Sandwich Gazette of Nov. 27.) Up to this date nothing of much importance has tran spired ; but the inhabitants all along shore, from Amherst burg to Windsor, were kept on the qui vivo every night of last week, in consequence of threatened invasions of our soil by a large number of brigands, who were, and still are, congregated somewhere among the islands of the lake, or on the Yankee frontier. UNITED STATES. SERIOUS RAILROAD ACCIDENT.--A very serious acci dent, involving the loss of two lives and very serious injury to three persons, occurred on Wednesday morning on the Philadelphia Railroad, in consequence of employing an extra locomotive for the conveyance of the President's Mes sage, which rendered it necessary to send an engine to Havre de Grace on Wednesday morning. The engineer, through some neglect or misunderstanding, started before the timeappointed, and had proceeded within half a mile of Stem ner's Run, when the Philadelphia train approached, and, owing to a dense fog, neither of the engineers discovered the danger until too late. The consequence was, that the two locomotives came together with great violence, and in an instant both engines, with all the cars attached to them, were thrown into a confused heap of ruins. Mr. Edward Ford, the engineer of the train from Philadelphia, and 0, 1 fireman on the train going out, were instantly killed. The other engineer and several firemen leaped from the ;cars previous to the collision, and thereby saved their lives, though we learn they are all, more or less, injured, (From the New Orleans Bee, Nor, 28.) TERRIBLE STEAM-BOAT DISASTVA,--.The steamer Tiber, which arrived this morning from Louisville, reports that she passed the wreck of the steam-boat General Brown, at St. Helena, where the latter had collapsed a flue. The captain, pilot, one of the engineers, and thirty othe persons on board the General Brown, lost their lives by the calamity. The following comprises the list of killed, as far as was ascertained when the Tiber passed Killed—The captain and several of the crew, and the following passengers :—Messrs. C. Libley, D. L. Davis, 'N. A. Miller, George, Dr. Price, H. M. Blanchard, E. Hubbard,— Johnson, J. K. Uarthwaite, T. D. Levey, T. D. Lewis, Keane, twd one other, name unknown. The Tiber also reports the steamer Cumanche to be sunk below Salt River, and the Onark hard aground at Cumberland Island. INDIAN TROLIIILES IN TEXAS.—A letter was received at Houston tho 17th November, dated San Antonio the 14th, which reports the alarming intelligence that the Cumanche Indians were gathering in large bodies in that neighbour hood. • REPORT FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. The Globe of Wednesday night contains the report of the Secretary of the Treasury. It occupies nine columns of that paper. The Globe says, "It will be found one of the ablest papers emanating from that department. It is replete with fact and information, and presents new and strong views having a bearing an the great financial ques tion, which we trust will he carefully considered?' Subjoined is a condensed view of the receipts and means, as well as expenditure for 1838, as ascertained and estima ted ; also the funds not available in that year : Receipts or mean s Expenditure 75,294,206, 01 Unavailable funds i n 18 38 32,101,664 27 -. - Fran balance on the 31st of December, 1838, being 34,866,927 33 Deduct total, unavailable as above ;32,101,644 97 ---- Available balance remaining INDIAN ATROCITIES. (From the Wisconsin Democrat, Nov. 13.) A horrid occu rrence t oo k p l ace, after the payment of t he Menomonees, on the payment-ground, on the Grand Chute, on the morning of Sunday last, between two and three o'clock, the particulars of which, as we have heard them, are as follows :—A drunken Indian, with the inten tion of killing his brother, against whom he bad some grudge, went to the wigwam where the brother was sleep ing, with a knife in each hand, " doubly armed," for the purpose of carrying his fiendish design into execution. He was observed, on his entrance into the wigwam, by a squaw, who perceiving " evil intent" on the part of the intruder, jumped up, and going behind him, caught him around the arms. Tho noise awoke the sleeping brother, who, warned of his danger, made his escape. The squaw then released her hold, when the Indian, frus trated in his purpose with regard to his relative, turned upon her and stabbed her threo successive times in the breast. She died instantly. Upon this the murderer left the wigwam but had proceeded not more than a step or two, when b e met a sister of the murde re d, who, baying been out, was re turning to the lodge. Her he immediately attacked, and also killed. The next one he m e t was his wise, near his own wigwam, whitherhe was returning. lie made several thrusts at her with his knife, but, she escaped, though wounded severely. H.e,then, catered his lodge and seated himself, brandishing hts Knives, and bidding dfiance to two or three whites, who, attracted to the scene of outrage, were attempting to take him prisoner, which they finally succeeded in doing, but net until they had torn down a wigwam, and felledhim t o th e eart h b y a bl ow f rom his club. He was then bound hand and foot, and taken to the United States sub-Indian (went, Colonel Boyd, who gave orders that h e s h ould be strictly b guarded until daylight. The band to which the Indian belonged, bowever,k a y ing by time b een awa k ened and made aware Of: title atrocities committed, immediately proceeded, much exasperated, to the tent of the agent, and demanded the murderer. Their demand was at first refused, and the Indians, who kept pressing around, with the evident intention, if necessary, of forcibly, attaining their object, were for some time kept at bay by the few whites present, until, seeing that further resistance would be worse than useless, the agent or dered the prisoner to be given up, but upon condition that he should be taken away before being killed, as he knew it was their intention to kill him. No sooner, however, was the order given that he should be given up, than the Indians rushed upon him with their knives, and dispatched him before the eyes of the agent. His body was then thrown upon a fire which was burning before the tent, but before being much burned was removed by some half-breeds who succeeded in getting possession of it. Thus ended, for the time at least, this dreadful tragedy. It is thought that the friends of the summarily punished murderer, as well as the relatives of his victims, may feel themselves called upon still further to avenge upon each other what they conceive to be their natural injury ; and hence that the spilling of more blood will be the conse quence. The Indian law, which is " a life for a life," de mands another victim as an atonement for the murderer of the two squaws, and that victim will be selected from the surviving relatives of the murderer. MURDER AND SDICIDE.—The• three Menomonee In dians, Pishish, Pe ke-kem, and John Pero, confined in the county gaol at Depere, on suspicion of murdering S. Wilcox, at the Grand Chute, in July last, are all dead ; the first having been murdered by the last two, and the last two having committed suicide. The mur der of Pishish was committed on the night of Thurs day last by Pe-ke-kem and Pero, who, it-. confession, stated to the jury of inquest, through an interpre ter, that in the night they were cold, and could not sleep—that they got into conversation about the murder of Sho min (the Indian murdered at the payment), and of the murder of the white man (S. Wilcox) at the Grand Chute. Pishish told them that they would both be hung, and he would be set at liberty ; that it was their fault he was in gaol. They (Pero and Pe-ke-kem) then, concluded to kill him, determined that he should die as well as they. Accordingly (as in this situation the body was found), they cut his throat from ear to ear, and ripped him open on the right side. Verdict of the jury, " That Pishien came to his death by the hands of the said Pero and Pe ke-kem." On Sunday last the coroner was again called to hold an inquest over the bodies of the two last-named Indians, who were found dead in their cells in the morning by the gaoler, having hanged themselves. Pero was found. suspended by a strip from his blanket, which he had torn off and twisted for the purpose, from a grate in the door of his cell, about three feet from the floor. Pe-ke-ketn hanged himself with his belt, which he fastened to a spike in the side of his cell. Verdict of the jury, " That the said Pero and Pe-ke-kem came to their deaths by horg ing themselves. MONEY MARKET, &e., Dac. 6. A further improvement took place in SteA s of most descriptions to-day, when a fair business wa., transacted at the advance—Delaware and Hudson wes t up per cent. ; Vicksburg Bank, 4 ; Bank of Kei:Aucky, 1 ; Am er i can Trust Co m p an y o f Baltimore, ; Mohawk Railroad, ; and Haarl em Railroad, 1 k ryer Cent. United States Bank closed at 1194, the previous price, and Stonington Rail road at 24i. The Bank of the United States are drawing on London at 10 per cent. premium, and private bills are held per cent. higher. On France the rate to-day ranged at 515 f. to 5 I7if. The Mobile banks had ceased checking on New York on the 29th ult. A correspondent of the Journal of Commerce has fur nished that paper with the following statement of the cotton crop of 1838-9, in which he states full confidence may be placed, as far as it is possible to arrive at any degree of ac curacy at so early a period of the season. The state of Louisiana, according to the communication referred to, will have a considerable excess, while Mississipi may poulbly be 10,000 bales short of the growth of last seasc,n,-but that even is doubtful. North Alabama and Middle Tennessee fully one-fourth short of last season. Western district, a good crop, equal to last year. Florida, a considerable ex cess, South Alabama, less than 280,000 bales. Georgia and South Carolina decidedly short of last year's growth, and will T:ot exceed .53,000 bales. North Carolina and Virginia aLout 45,000 bales. (From the Commercial Advertiser.) FROM SOUTH AMERICA. Extract from a letter dated Guayaquil, August 21 " Political affairs in Peru have a very distressing aspect. By a vessel yesterday from Payta, we learn that the Chilian expedition had taken Callao, sunk the Peruvian corvette Socobaya, and captured the frigate Congress. When Or begoso effected the revolution of the 28th of July, the Bolivian troops and two battalions of the Peruvians re mained firm to the Protector, and marcher!. off from Lima, leaving Orbegoso to battle the watch with the Chilians. Lima is in a dreadful state—business entirely suspended, and the custom-house closed. The American squadron, Commodore Ballard, was at Chili on the 15th. We are all quiet here, thanks to the prudence of President Rocafuerte in keeping clear of the quarrel between Chili and Peru. _________-. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FOR THE CITY OF LONDON. ALDERSGATE WARD. On Monday the contest in this ward terminated, and the following gentlemen were chosen as the representatives in the Common Council : Mr. Wood Mr. Gods on ........... 110 120 *Mr. Burton .......... 105 Mr. Norris ~ 112 I *Mr. Di a Jersey .... Mr. Rolls ..... The last g en tl eman was t h e unsuccessful candit'Aate. 91 Those mark e d th us * are t h e new candidate-, After a stormy discussion between the Refrirmers of Cor porate abuses and the protectors of them, thanks were given to the worthy Alderman, and the meeting separated. WARD OF CORDWAINERS. CLoSE OF THE POLL.—On Monday afternoon at four o'clock the election t'.•rminated. M.. THOMAS Wool), alderman of the ward, and sheriff of Middlesex, declared the state of the poll in the vestry room of Bow Church,as follows : Heath, Deputy Williams 5B I Joyce ..................... 47 Culverwell 43 Jones ..................... 27 Croucher Loa LANGBOURN WARD. , On Monday afternoon, at three o'clock, the poll for the election of representatives for the ward of Langbourn in Common Council finally closed, when Sir :.`aIN KEY, Al derman of the ward, declared the number s as follows n. :— Snellin 85'86 uHanswwinell. g Collinso 71 69 Dixon B5l Cart er Frodsham B4l*H.oward. ••• 47 Adamson Stubbing . B3 *Nichol son 29 78'*Gude.. Morrison Morrison 71 • Hall . -- ........................ ('j) N ew can di dates. 26 POLL FOR WARD BEADLE. Jenkins (new candidate) .. 84 I Draper ..................... Mr. NrcHoLsoN ca ll e d attention to a question that wa 72 s of vital importan ce , i nasmuc h as it was an oppression on the working and middling classes of the community, and upon which he thought the constituency of the ward would like to have an opinion : he meant the present alarming price of bread.--( Hear.) Bread was now nearly at the price of Is. per loaf, and some alteration in ti Corn-laws was absolutely necessary.—( Hear, hear.) An Act had passed the Legislature last Session, allowing the introduction of foreign fruits and luxuries for the table from all parts of the world, upon which a nominal duty o 5 per cent. was imp ose d ; b ut which in reality did not ex f ceed 2 per cent.—( Hear, hear.) Thus, my Lord Mel bourne could eat his delicious grapes at 4d. per lb., whilst the starving Spital-fields weavers procured their hard-earned bread at 10d. per loaf.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that in this enlightened city a stir ought to be made in behalf of the destitute poor, and be believed if the Common Council, headed by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, were to wait upon the Legislature in a body with a petition from the City of London, it wouli have a powerful influence in obtaining the abolition of that ob noxious system. lie should be glad to find that some member of their ward would get up at the first meeting of the Common Council and more a resolution to that effect.—(Loud cheers.) l other G ent l emen bar. several Mr. D eputy C ARTER and ing spoken, the wardwote adjourned. It is said that a paragraph fr om the Sheffield Iris contains several incorrect statements in re f erence to certain at Todmorton, on M on d ay the 10th instant it is said, are, th a t S ir F rederick Roe and Mr. proceedings ce facts, Maule visited the place, by desi re o f G overnment, to in quire into the recent disturbances, and that the Magis trates of the district and M r . P ower , t h e assistant Commis sioner, attended on the 10th inst., to afford them informa tion and assistance. Suspicion having fallen upon two of Mr. Fielden's workmen, as having been concerned in the late riots, the constables demanded admission to one of the* factories for the purpose of apprehending them for exami nation before the Magistrates. The men who were wanted were known to be there ; but Mr. John Fielden is said to have refused to, allow his mill to be entered for that pur pose, unless. by force. The infantry quartered in the town were then ordered out, and drawn up in front of the factory, when the constables entered and apprehended, the men. It is not true that the guardians have any of t i jem resigned since the late disturbances, but the meeting% continue to be held as usual.